OUR STORY - the Ilers
We, Bruce & Sharyn Iler were force to leave our Life Forms home
in the Lake Pointe sub division in the Woodlands on March 3 because of
mold related to EIFS siding and other faulty issues on the part of
Life Forms. It has been determined by independent structural
and environmental engineers (not commissioned by the plaintiff's lawyer)
and a Certified Industrial Hygenist that the house is structurally unsound
and is not able to be repaired. IT'S TOTALED, along with most of
our belongings - including family heirlooms, treasured pictures and mementos
- and all upholstered furniture, bedding, clothing, linens, and nearly
everything but our wooden items and housewares. First we lived in
an RV behind our office. At the moment we're in a small furnished
apartment looking for a next step.
After the first of our 7 years of Life Forms home ownership we approached
Life Forms about rust spots on our house. They told us it was "oxidation"
from the sun hitting the finish. They painted our house three times
in four years. The last cover was rubberized. No more rust
"oxidation" sponts, but the new paint finish created a growth haven for
termites and mold inside, outside, and in between the walls. Life
Forms answer was always to patch it and deem it repaired. Life Forms
can no longer patch our or anyone else's home. As a result of their
haphazard construction of not grading the lot correctly for the slab (in
the engineering reports), not cauking windows and joints, not adhering
to building codes, improperly installing flashing, and not correctly overseeing
the application of EIFS - and not fixing the construction problems correctly,
we can no longer live in our house and our lot is not fit for reconstruction
without tens of thousands of dollars worth of work including removing the
pool and the slab,including the driveway. And...Life Forms is just
offering another patch job - fixing "moisture" spots and recovering them
with EIFS, which hasn't been used in home construction since 1996.
What would you think about the quality of this company if this is the result
of their work and their service? Judge by the pictures you see and
all these stories you read.
SHARYN ILER
